User Researcher

www.findapprenticeship.service.gov.uk - Jobboard; York; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A government department is seeking a User Researcher to join their digital team. The role involves planning and conducting user research to improve recruitment tools, working with various stakeholders to communicate findings effectively. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in user research methodologies and excellent collaboration skills. This position offers a unique opportunity to impact public infrastructure and enhance user experiences in government services.

Qualifications

• Experience in user research activities and methodologies.
• Strong analytical skills to interpret research findings.
• Ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Plan and execute user research activities.
• Prepare discussion guides and moderate research sessions.
• Present findings to the team and wider organisation.

Skills

User research methodologies

Collaboration

Communication

Job description

GBS was established in August 2020, and includes Shared Services, the Government Recruitment Service, Civil Service and Royal Mail Pensions, and the Platforms and Services unit, which supports these.

GBS delivers services for over 400,000 civil servants across government. It provides recruitment services for around 70 percent of the Civil Service

We are looking for a User Researcher to join Cabinet Office Digital within the Cabinet Office, to help develop digital recruitment tools that support our colleagues in Government Recruitment Services (GRS).

You will get the opportunity to work alongside the Online testing and assessment service, which helps the assessment process during recruitment campaign. The service currently supports over a million candidate tests a year, helping departments appoint the right candidates into roles. The tests combine digital and psychometrician expertise to deliver a great user experience and effective evaluation of candidate potential.

You’ll help identify and fix some of the toughest problems in public infrastructure and you will be focussing on the research and design of services at scale. You’ll help the government transform the way it delivers recruitment so that it’s more efficient, simpler, faster and easier to use.

You’ll also work with our wider portfolio of digital services covering recruitment, learning and business services.

Responsibilities

• Plan, design and prepare a range of user research activities to support the design, development and continuous improvement of government services. This will include choosing the right variety of research approaches (such as surveys, usability interviews, card sorting, guerrilla research etc.);
• Carrying out user research activities from recruiting participants, preparing discussion guides and moderating research sessions;
• Communicating user research findings to help the team and wider organisation develop a deep understanding of users and their needs - including presentations at show and tells, designing and maintaining research outputs on the team wall, creating formal reports;
• Work closely with product managers, designers and developers to turn user research findings into stories and actions that lead to valuable product and service features;
• Advocate for user needs and conducting inclusive research in every activity;
• Collaborating with colleagues in developing clear and actionable findings, including working closely with analytics colleagues to create a rich picture of user behaviour that informs the road map;
• Contribute to the wider user research community both internally in GRS and wider - including presenting at meetups and writing blog posts.